UNSPSC 21101526: Farming excavator

Small farming vehicle with wheels or tracks which weighs less than 1 ton.

UNSPSC 21101526 Farming excavator (Commodity) names a product class that state and local governments are actually buying under the code only sporadically and in narrow categories—principally compact and mini excavators for roadway maintenance, pothole repair, and general grounds work, along with occasional buys of larger tracked and telescoping boom units for specialized infrastructure projects. The issuing bodies span county transportation and public works departments, state transportation agencies, municipal public works and parks divisions, and special-purpose authorities including transit operators and solid waste management districts. Recent activity shows solicitations from Henderson County (Texas), Harrison County (Mississippi), the City of Ringgold (Georgia), the Illinois Department of Transportation, the State of Georgia (Terrell County), the Texas Department of Transportation, the City of Ocean Springs (Mississippi), the Kansas Turnpike Authority, and the State of California—reflecting scatter across the South, Midwest, and West but no dominant geographic concentration. A representative current opportunity is the Illinois Department of Transportation's IFB B53945, posted September 21, 2026 with bids due October 14, 2026, for one long-reach tracked excavator weighing approximately 96,000 pounds with a 34-foot-9-inch boom and 23-foot-4-inch arm, equipped with two buckets and configured for ditch cleaning, roadway maintenance, pipe setting, culvert installation, and disaster response; the contract term is 36 months with renewal options up to ten years total.

The code also captures mini and compact excavator procurements at smaller jurisdictions and regional authorities—the Kansas Turnpike Authority's RFQ 8329, due August 14, 2026, sought one new mini excavator (30–40 net horsepower, 11–13 feet digging depth, 10,000–12,000 pounds operational weight) from approved manufacturers including John Deere, Hitachi, Case, Kubota, Bobcat, CAT, JCB, Hyundai, Komatsu, Takeuchi, and Yanmar. The City of Ocean Springs (Mississippi) in August 2026 solicited two compact excavators (5-ton and 6-ton classes) through a prequalification-plus-reverse-auction procurement, and Terrell County (Georgia) issued RFP 2026-08-004 in August 2026 for a 19,000–20,000 lb mini excavator with attachments. Geographic footprint spans Texas (multiple TxDOT solicitations), Mississippi (Harrison County, Rankin County, Ocean Springs), Georgia (Ringgold, Terrell County), Kansas (Kansas Turnpike), Illinois, Florida (two Florida Sheriffs Association solicitations for construction and grounds equipment), and California. Set-asides and preferences vary by issuing body; Georgia procurement noted potential participation requirements under state regulations, and California solicitations required submission of Certified Business Enterprise forms signaling MWBE or SBE eligibility screening. The code shows moderate but consistent activity driven by routine replacement cycles at county and municipal public works operations and specialized transportation infrastructure maintenance, with no single vendor or jurisdiction dominating the recent posting pattern.